About Paul
Paul Gibbs is a counsellor who supports people dealing with anxiety, stress and difficult life changes. He also helps with relationship problems, grief and depression. Paul aims to offer steady, down-to-earth support when things feel overwhelming.
Paul speaks plainly in sessions and keeps things practical. He listens first, then helps people identify small steps they can try between meetings. Conversations focus on what matters most to the person in front of him, not on jargon or labels.
Background and approach
Paul trained and holds BACP, which is a recognised credential from the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. He has three years of experience working with these kinds of concerns and draws on his own life experiences when helpful. Those experiences include major health challenges that changed how he understands resilience and recovery.
Sessions include time to talk through current problems and to look at patterns that keep returning. He aims to build confidence, improve communication and reduce the day-to-day strain of anxiety or stress. Practical coping strategies and clearer thinking about choices are common outcomes of his work.
Paul offers appointments in the United Kingdom and conducts sessions in English. He uses a straightforward approach that values honesty and small, steady progress. People who want calm, practical support often find his style accessible and easy to follow.
Client-centred counselling online and practical options
Client-centred therapy focuses on being heard. The counsellor offers a non-judgemental space and mirrors what a person says so they can make sense of things. This approach is useful for anxiety, low self-esteem and relationship worries where someone needs to feel understood before making changes.Paul brings a straightforward, listening-first style to online work. Together the counsellor and client will discuss goals and try different ways of working to find what fits best. Deciding on an approach is a collaborative process that adapts as people learn what helps them most.
Offering video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging makes it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video is good for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be simpler to join, while live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options provide flexibility and make it possible to keep therapy going even when schedules are tight.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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